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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1983

Filed:

Jan. 18, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:

Charles Wheatley, Tulsa, OK (US);

Assignee:

Barton Valve Company, Inc., Shawnee, OK (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251315 ;
Abstract

A ball valve comprising a housing having inlet and outlet ports provided a fluid passageway therethrough, a rotatable closure member disposed within the housing and interposed between the inlet and outlet ports for providing alternate open and closed positions for the valve, a rotatable valve stem secured to the closure member for moving the closure member between the open and closed positions therefor, a valve seat removably secured to the housing and engagable by the closure member in the closed position thereof, and a removable sealing member provided for the valve seat to substantially preclude leakage of fluid around the closure member in the closed position of the valve.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wheatley, Charles. (1983). Ball valve (U.S. Patent No. 4399977). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4399977

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